Wednesday, April 22, 2015

The Supreme Court Says No To North Carolina's Version of Vote Packing

[Well, it's a LITTLE something. ---Bozo]

By: Adalia Woodbury
Monday, April, 20th, 2015, 8:47 pm   
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The Supreme Court dealt vote suppressors in North Carolina a blow when it vacated the State Supreme Court's decision to uphold The Republicans' 2011 electoral maps.  The Court's order told North Carolina's Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling in the case of Dickson v. Rucho in light of the SCOTUS' March ruling in Alabama Legislative Black Caucus et al. v. Alabama et al
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The plaintiff in the North Carolina case, former state rep. Margaret Dickson, expressed satisfaction with the ruling in a statement.
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     We have always known that the current maps were unconstitutional and are gratified that the Supreme Court of the United States has now set in motion a way forward for final disposition of this long-running and wrongly-decided case.
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The Court's order told North Carolina's Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling in the case of Dickson v. Rucho with consideration of the same issues and concerns the Supreme Court raised in the Alabama case.
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That ruling was split 5-4 along ideological lines.  The majority held that a three-judge panel didn't properly consider complaints that Alabama officials concentrated black voters into too few voting districts, a practice known as "vote packing."  This is a specific form of gerrymandering that amounts to weakening the influence of black voters.
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